Shoe-tounge.



rJ-aa whom it ma com m' UNITED sTATEs-P IENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM-J. .SMITH,. OF ScHUYLEl-tt, PENNSYLVANIA.

SHOE-TONGUE,

' Specification of Letters 2 mm.

hast ning". 27, 1907.

s li stiansm April 11,1907. Serial reassess.

QBQG it known that I Wrnnnm J. Sigma, a citizen of the-United States, residing at Schuyler, in the county Northulnberland', State of Pennsylvania, have in;- certain new and usefullmprovements in Shoe- Tongues? and 1" do' hereby declare the following to be cleari' and exact description oi. the invention, h; in-ensu others skilled in theai't to which it to make and the same.{

This'invention relatesto shoe tongues'andhas jor ohject tb provide'afiongue of such nature that it will j hejpreventedfiom slipping down ,in the, shoe or mllingtor curling, this; result being attained by? providing. the tongue an element which engages the shoe-lace at one pointi where they -intersect;

One' oi'thelnovelifeatnres of the'device resides in' the fact 'that the elenient includes diverging arms "which at their endziarefl l th t l'lglieatpoints Iadjacent the longitudinalfedges, thereof and fconsequntly serve tofh'olqlithe tongue spread out iinderrall cdnditions.,- U j- In. the accompanying drawings, 1 isa front elevation of the upper end of a-shoe-tonguesho'w-ingthe construction and application of my lace engaging e1ement;"and,. Fig. 2 is; side'elevation-of the tongue and the said element.

1 In the drawings the was is indicated byit heh numeral 5 and is of the usual form. The'lace' engaging element is .formed of a single strand of wire which is bent at its middle as at 6 to form a bight portion and a pair of branches which, adjacent the bight' portion 4 extend in engagement with each other, the said portionsoi the branches being bent asjat 7 to form a hool;

which is engaged over the shoe lace at one point where it intersects. From a point adjacentthe bill of the hook formed by bending the branches as stated above; theyare extendeddownwardly and laterallyiindb verging planes and have their ends bent to form eyes 8 through which, and the tongues, adjacentiitslongb' tudinal edges, are engaged eye rivets 9 which rivets serve to se'eureithe element upon the, tongue as will be readily understood. I I

As-stated above the ends of the branches of the lace engaging element are secured to the tgngue adjacent f the longitudinal edges thereof and asthis element is formed of astiff wire the tongue is held perfectly-flat As heretofoi e stated, the hook portion of the lace enat all times and will not bepermitted toroll or double.

gaging member receives the lace and this engagement of the 'said member with the lace prevents downward slipping oi the tongue and also lateral slipping of the The combination with a. shoe tongue, 'of a shoe lace en gaging member formed 0!. a single strand 0t wire-bent at. .its middle to form a hook'and also to form diverging branches which are'secured at their ends and the tongue adjacent the longitudinal edges thereof, the'said shoe lace In testimony -whe1 'eot,- I aflix my ,sig natin'e, in presence 7 

